I drank the #Shadowhunters Kool-Aid…

I drank the #Shadowhunters Kool-Aid…

I have to start this post out with the minor caveat that I have never read the Mortal Instruments books or any of its linked series. I have tried to start City of Bones at least five times (I own the series in audio, print, and Kindle book; I blew the money in hopes that I’d get into it more if I tried it in a different format) and it just turns into a great big snoozefest. So, I gave up on it a while ago. I think it’s her age (I don’t generally read YA), the story just doesn’t grab me.*

A few years ago, I saw the movie and loved it. I mean, I wasn’t crazy about all of the casting, but the story itself was pretty solid. I thought Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower were a good match together, but not knowing the series, leaving off…